Player Dossier

2019-2023

BYU

Atunaisa Mahe

DT • 6'1" • 315 lbs • West Jordan, UT, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Atunaisa Mahe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Player Story

Atunaisa Mahe built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from West Jordan, UT wearing No. 62, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Atunaisa Mahe's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7733

West Jordan · West Jordan, UT

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Atunaisa Mahe, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · BYU. Atunaisa Mahe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
73
TFL
11
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Atunaisa Mahe quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · DT
Career Tackles
73
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
Utah State
Recruit profile
2-star · West Jordan · BYU
High school pipeline
West Jordan · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 62 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
12 tackles · DT 123rd (top 59%) · Big 12 268th (top 42%) · National 2,596th (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonBYU9211--043.1
2019 Regular SeasonBYU920212-043.1
2020 Regular SeasonBYU00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonBYU1220.50--047.3
2021 Regular SeasonBYU12244.51.51-047.3
2022 Regular SeasonBYU4131.501-048.9
2023 Regular SeasonBYU8121.5011035.2

Related Context

Atunaisa Mahe played DT for BYU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Atunaisa Mahe recorded 73 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

BYU paired 2.5 primary output with 19.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Postseason · BYU

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

18

Usage

5.6

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 2. Tennessee: 1. Washington: 0. Toledo: 0. Utah State: 3. Liberty: 0. Idaho State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. San Diego State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 2 by 28.3. Tennessee: 3 by 22.5. Washington: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 2 by 38.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Idaho State: 2 by 8.3. Massachusetts: 4 by 16.7. San Diego State: 5 by 30.8

Split Comparison

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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Utah State

Result
Wed 12/25vs Hawai'iSplash gameL 34-3821110
Sun 12/1@ San Diego StateL 3-1354100
Sat 11/23@ MassachusettsW 56-2441000
Sat 11/16vs Idaho StateW 42-1021000
Sun 11/10vs LibertyW 31-2411000
Sun 11/3@ Utah StateSplash gameW 42-1422110
Sat 9/28@ ToledoL 21-2820000
Sat 9/21vs WashingtonL 19-4511000
Sat 9/7@ TennesseeW 29-2633000

Player Story

Atunaisa Mahe story

Atunaisa Mahe built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from West Jordan, UT wearing No. 62, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Atunaisa Mahe's career was his defensive production: 73 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Atunaisa Mahe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    BYU

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonBYU7185.6
2019 Regular SeasonBYU7185.60
2020 Regular SeasonBYU0-7
2021 PostseasonBYU7.515.37.27.5
2021 Regular SeasonBYU7.515.37.20
2022 Regular SeasonBYU2.519.88.7-5
2023 Regular SeasonBYU3.510.63.11

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah State

Week 10 · W 42-14

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#2

vs East Carolina

Week 9 · L 24-27

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Havoc Plays

78.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 78.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Idaho State

Week 10 · W 59-14

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Utah

Week 2 · W 26-17

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Washington State

Week 8 · W 21-19

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Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · BYU

2.5 primary output · 19.8 efficiency · 8.7 usage

48.9

#2

2021 Postseason · BYU

47.3

7.5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · BYU

47.3

7.5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games